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Jason Corburn, PhD, SIPA and GSAPP, Columbia University, 202 Buell Hall, New York, NY 10027, 212-854-7148, jtc2105@columbia.edu

The Program in Urban Planning, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, and the Urbanism and the Built Environment program in the Department of Sociomedical sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, have developed a teaching and research partnership to support a joint masters degree in city planning and public health. The focus of the academic program is training practitioners and researchers to engage with the public health, city planning and social justice challenges faced in cities in the US and across the world. The program partners with Columbia's Earth Institute and takes a special interest in research and practice aimed at improving living conditions and addressing health disparities in impoverished neighborhoods in American cities and in the developing world. This presentation will describe the pedagogical objectives of the joint degree program, the core classes, and examples of on-going service-learning activities, such as studio classes and partnerships with community-based projects, that encompass the planning and public health curriculum.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the pedagogical objectives behind Columbia's joint graduate degree program in city planning and public health.
• Highlight the core skills taught in the joint degree program.
• Provide examples of on-going service learning projects that situate students in real-world challenges of linking city planning and public health.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No